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Zombienerd300 t1_jeambcw wrote

I recently had almost 8 at once. Fortnite, COD, Rocket League, Valorant, Dead by Daylight, Halo Infinite, Apex Legends, and Fall Guys.

Now after finishing none of them I have finally learned my lesson. Although it’s nice I could continue finishing the Halo one without a time constraint.

This will get me downvotes but the idea of battle passes isn’t so bad, the problem is the time it takes to complete them. I think Halo does a great job at making battle passes seem worth it.

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OlTommyBombadil t1_jectt0h wrote

The idea of battle passes is fucking terrible

“Give us even more money for things we easily could have just put in the game, but we need to make our shareholders happier each quarter so we need you to spend more on this random skin that you probably won’t even use”

Didn’t downvote you I just can’t fathom how someone thinks they’re a good idea.

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Zombienerd300 t1_jecvdt1 wrote

Battle passes for a $70 game sure. I can behind the idea that they suck. However, for a FTP game and even a $20 game I think it’s fine. Which aside from COD, all of the games aforementioned are all FTP or $20 (DbD)

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9thGearEX OP t1_jee6inj wrote

Here's my reasoning for thinking they're a good idea for some games:

Overwatch. The first game was a paid boxed product and only had loot boxes for the recurrent monetization, but they could be earned for free by playing the game. The end result was that no-one bought the loot boxes so the game stopped generating income, which meant they couldn't justify making new content for the game.

When the game switched over to Overwatch 2 it also went free-to-play, removed the lootboxes and implemented a premium battlepass and direct-purchase store for cosmetics. This meant the game was now generating regular income that has allowed the devs to devote more resources to making new content and doing regular balance patches - which were the problems that caused Overwatch 1 to die off.

The unfortunate truth for live service games where new content is expected is that they need to generate recurrent income, can't expect the devs to work for free. I agree that for a paid boxed product paid battlepasses are rarely a good idea but for free-to-play games I think they're probably the best form of monetization when paired alongside a direct-purchase store.

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9thGearEX OP t1_jeanmir wrote

I'm with you there man, battlepasses really don't offend me so long as they respect my time.

8 is a LOT though - I thought I was bad with 4! I only really get the BP if I'm sure I'll finish it; Halo, Overwatch and PTCGL only really ask that you play like 2 games per day to finish the battlepass with weeks to spare and I usually finish the Destiny pass in about 3 weeks.

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Zombienerd300 t1_jeao2zy wrote

You just reminded me that I had 9. I also got the Overwatch battle pass with Junker Queen Zeus outfit. Never finished that one either.

I’m really opening my eyes to how bad I’ve been with getting too many battle passes.

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